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    Re: Sextant with an umbrella
    From: Jackson McDonald
    Date: 2015 Oct 2, 13:11 -0400
    Umbrella?  Rather a parasol. 



    On Oct 2, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Rommel John Miller <NoReply_Miller@fer3.com> wrote:

    But Frank, given the Sextant book's website explanation, could the
    "umbrella" be something that makes the sextant a dip measuring device?
    
    As such not so much an umbrella, but an additional or extended index
    mirror to catch rays from behind?
    
    On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Tom Mackie  wrote:
    > The uniform appears to be of a WWI US Navy Commander.
    >
    > 
    
    
    
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